Professional Insights Industry Leadership and Development

Research Association New Zealand (RANZ) is the only industry body dedicated to professional providers and users of research, data and insights. The Research Association New Zealand brand is a trust-mark for clients, employers, colleagues and other industries and indicates that the bearer is a member of an expert community, which upholds the highest professional and ethical standards.

EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important change indata privacy regulation in 20 years.

GDPR was approved by the EU Parliament in 2016 with an enforcement date of 25 May 2018 - at which time those organizations in non-compliance may face heavy fines.

Download the latest GRBN (Global Research Business Network) newsletter; lots of GDPR articles and two EFAMRO webinars.

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RANZ Membership

Research Association membership is recommended to any individual or firm engaged in the profession of sourcing information and insights for commercial or social decision making, whether on the client or supplier side of the profession.

MRS UK Guide to Buying Research & Insight

The MRS UK has developed a guide to procuring better research. It has been an important initiative for the MRS UK, as the government has its own procurement framework and one of the requirements is that only regulated suppliers are on that framework now.

Announcements

Ian Mills has joined Nielsen NZ as the new Executive Director, Consumer Insights. With over 25 years of experience, Ian is well known in the industry - having held positions across several research agencies in his career. Ian is also a Fellow in the RANZ.

“Helping businesses to take action is what excites me most about this industry. We do this best by telling compelling stories through the powerful combination of motivational and behavioural datasets”.